Anthropic bans ‘abusive or cruel behavior’ toward Claude
date linked: 8 October 2026
source: link to article, from theverge.com
To borrow an observation from a recent 404 Media podcast, I’m guessing Anthropic believes enough in Claude consciousness to prevent users from being cruel to it but not so much to actually prevent us from offloading work onto it as an always-available laborer that can’t say no unless it’s told to.
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